Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica
Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica
Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica
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24 Asking Questions<br />
1 In questions which can be answered with either yes or no, we put an auxiliary verb before the<br />
subject.<br />
Is your present job interesting?<br />
Are you willing to relocate to Milan?<br />
Would you have to give notice?<br />
Have you applied for any other jobs?<br />
Do you have a clean driving licence?<br />
Does your partner work?<br />
2 We use questions beginning with wh- or how when asking for information.<br />
Where were you born?<br />
What <strong>di</strong>d you study at college?<br />
How long <strong>di</strong>d you stay there?<br />
How many people finished the course?<br />
3 When who, what or which is the subject of a sentence, an auxiliary is not used.<br />
Who gave you the information? (NOT * Who <strong>di</strong>d give you ...)<br />
What happened at the meeting? (NOT * What <strong>di</strong>d happen ...)<br />
Which costs the least? (NOT * Which does cost the least?)<br />
4 Requests and questions can be made more polite by making them less <strong>di</strong>rect.<br />
Would you mind if I smoked?<br />
Do you mind if I use your phone?<br />
Could you tell me how you found out about our service?<br />
I'd like to know what you don't like about your present employer.<br />
5 Note that in reported questions, as in in<strong>di</strong>rect questions, the word order is the<br />
same as for a statement.<br />
Exercise 1<br />
'How soon will you be able to start?'<br />
He wanted to know how soon he would be able to start.<br />
Ask questions. (Look at the answers before you write the questions.)<br />
(where / from?)<br />
(where/live/now?)<br />
(married?)<br />
(how long/married?)<br />
(children?)<br />
(how old / they?)<br />
From London originalIy.<br />
In Manchester.<br />
Yes.<br />
12 years.<br />
Yes, three boys.<br />
4, 7 and 9.<br />
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